u/sudarshaana_

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing great! I've recently built an Android application that assists users in drawing using their phone's camera. There are several categories, such as Anim, cartoon, cute characters, superhero characters, and many more.

I know how to develop an app, but I am bad at marketing. Can you share your experience and tips for exploring the app market? I am planning to promote via Google Ads, but not sure how I should plan the promotion.

Are there any better alternatives? Any free growth hack tips?

Note: I am not sharing the link for promoting, but if you want to look at it and give me your kind suggestions.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.devnerd.ardrawingkit

https://i.redd.it/zb7skhgfzkbh1.gif

Not sure how common this is here since most people use fancy Zigbee/Matter setups, but I still have a few basic (non-smart) RGB LED strips around my house lol. They came with those tiny IR remotes, and I've already lost like 2 of them.

So instead of buying another cheap remote online, I made a small app that copies the original remote using my phone's IR blaster. It's fully offline too, which is actually kind of nice, no login or cloud stuff needed.

Obviously not as cool as a real smart home setup, just a quick fix for the tiny-remote problem. Anyone else here still dealing with these non-smart IR strips, or am I the only one who keeps losing tiny remotes 😅

In case you also want the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.devnerd.magicrgbremote

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So basically I have some cheap RGB LED strips (AliExpress lol) and the tiny remote that comes with them keeps getting lost. Third time it happened I got annoyed and just built an app instead of buying a new one.

What it does: copies the normal 24-button remote (power, brightness, colors, flash, fade, all that). Works fully offline, no login, no bluetooth or wifi pairing needed.

Only thing is your phone actually needs an IR blaster to use it. Mostly that's Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco/OnePlus phones now, since Samsung and Pixel stopped adding that feature years ago.

I've added a glowing animation and haptic response. Also, you can change the style and size of the remote.

Added a few themes and dark mode too since I was already coding lol. It does have ads but I tried to keep them light, no annoying forced video ad every time you press a button (that's what annoyed me about other apps like this).

Let me know what you think! And if your remote model isn't supported yet, tell me and I'll add it :)

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.devnerd.magicrgbremote

https://reddit.com/link/1uos2yk/video/nb6tie09skbh1/player

Hey guys, so I have these cheap RGB LED strip lights at home, and the tiny remote that comes with them is SO easy to lose. I've already lost like 3 of them.

Then I remembered my phone still has that IR blaster thing (a lot of Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco phones still have it, most other brands removed it a while ago). So I just made a small app that works like the real remote. You open it, point your phone at the light, press a button, done.

I've added a glowing animation and haptic response. Also, you can change the style and size of the remote.

No login, no Bluetooth, no wifi, nothing complicated. It just works offline like the actual remote does.

Full disclosure, I made this myself, not trying to spam anyone lol. Just thought some of you might have the same lost-remote problem. If you want a specific remote model added, let me know and I'll try to add it.

The existing apps have too many ads.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.devnerd.magicrgbremote

Live View

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The app contains several Network Tools for WiFi, LAN, and Internet, including

WI-FI & CONNECTION INFO
• Wi-Fi Analyzer — SSID, BSSID, channel, band, signal strength, and security
• Wi-Fi QR Code — generate a QR to share your Wi-Fi password instantly
• Network Status — real-time view of your IP, gateway, DNS, and connection type
• Subnet Calculator — compute network/broadcast address, host range, and CIDR

LAN & DEVICE DISCOVERY
• LAN Scanner — discover all active devices on your Wi-Fi network
• Port Scanner — check open/closed ports on any host
• mDNS Browser — browse Bonjour/mDNS services on your local network
• UPnP Scanner — find UPnP-enabled devices and exposed services
• Captive Portal Detector — instantly know if your Wi-Fi requires a login

DIAGNOSTICS & ANALYSIS
• Ping — measure latency and packet loss to any host
• Traceroute — visualize every hop between you and a destination
• Network Diagnostics — one-tap full network health check
• Bufferbloat Test — detect latency spikes under load (A–F grade)
• MTU Discovery — find the optimal MTU size for your connection
• IPv6 Readiness — test your network's IPv6 connectivity and config

DNS TOOLS
• DNS Lookup — query A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, PTR records
• DNS over HTTPS (DoH) — test and compare DoH resolvers
• WHOIS — domain registration and IP ownership lookup
• IP Geolocation — pinpoint any IP's country, ISP, and ASN

POWER USER TOOLS
• Wake on LAN — wake up remote machines on your network
• ADB over Wi-Fi — connect Android devices wirelessly for debugging
• History — revisit past scan and lookup results

Looking forward to your feedback.

If you want any feature that is missing, feel free to comment

Download Link in Play Store

https://preview.redd.it/1oq4o9cys99h1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb40939709890657f763dc899e6524eceb8806e9

The app contains several Network Tools for WiFi, LAN, and Internet, including

WI-FI & CONNECTION INFO
• Wi-Fi Analyzer — SSID, BSSID, channel, band, signal strength, and security
• Wi-Fi QR Code — generate a QR to share your Wi-Fi password instantly
• Network Status — real-time view of your IP, gateway, DNS, and connection type
• Subnet Calculator — compute network/broadcast address, host range, and CIDR

LAN & DEVICE DISCOVERY
• LAN Scanner — discover all active devices on your Wi-Fi network
• Port Scanner — check open/closed ports on any host
• mDNS Browser — browse Bonjour/mDNS services on your local network
• UPnP Scanner — find UPnP-enabled devices and exposed services
• Captive Portal Detector — instantly know if your Wi-Fi requires a login

DIAGNOSTICS & ANALYSIS
• Ping — measure latency and packet loss to any host
• Traceroute — visualize every hop between you and a destination
• Network Diagnostics — one-tap full network health check
• Bufferbloat Test — detect latency spikes under load (A–F grade)
• MTU Discovery — find the optimal MTU size for your connection
• IPv6 Readiness — test your network's IPv6 connectivity and config

DNS TOOLS
• DNS Lookup — query A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, PTR records
• DNS over HTTPS (DoH) — test and compare DoH resolvers
• WHOIS — domain registration and IP ownership lookup
• IP Geolocation — pinpoint any IP's country, ISP, and ASN

POWER USER TOOLS
• Wake on LAN — wake up remote machines on your network
• ADB over Wi-Fi — connect Android devices wirelessly for debugging
• History — revisit past scan and lookup results

Looking forward to your feedback.

If you want any feature that is missing, feel free to comment

Download Link in PlayStore

I was using my Samsung s23 with care for the last 2 years. Yesterday, I've updated my s23 to one UI 8.5.

And surprise, surprise , surprise!!!

I got two almost invisible lines. Tried restarted, power off for few times, cool down the temperature - but unfortunately one line is getting more visible. Within 30 minutes, the line is fully visible in all colors, black and on AOD!!!

The thing is I liked my s23 very much. The size, performance was perfect for me.

But with this types of display failure???? I would say, Samsung sucks at this. Sucks really hard!

Note: the temperature was not high, almost in idle condition (playing YouTube music in background).

I'm really disappointed ☹️ 😞. I'm not in a position to buy another new phone.